Cuff-holder



- (No Model.)

A. ALEXANDER, Jr.

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 496,841. Patented May 9, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE;

ABRAM ALEXANDER, J R., OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,841, dated May9,1893. Applioationfiled November 5, 1892. Serial No. 451,054. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAM ALEXANDER, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements inGulf-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which- Figures 1 and 2, are perspectiveviews of a cuff holder embodying my invention.

My invention relates to means for securing or holding cnifs in positionand the same consists of the improved cnfi holding device hereinafterfully described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same I will now describe its construction and indicatethe manner in which the same is carried out.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my improved holder ascomposed of a single piece of wire which is bent to form a body portionA, a hook or keeper portion 0 and a pin 0. The body consists of twomembers a at extending parallel with each other near each end portionand having its central portion bent outwardly to form the opposingsemi-circular or other shaped portion b, the two opposing bent portionsforming an opening into which is received the shank of the button whichholds the cuff in place. The member a of the body portion is extended atone end to form the pin 0, which is bent under the middle portion of thebody and returned to the opposite end so that its point or free end maybe safely seated upon or within the hook or keeper 0 formed by the wireat that point. As this pin traverses the center of the body it lies justbelow the center of the opening formed in the body portion and forms arest for the button as shown, the shank of the latter being confinedwithin the opening in the body portion with the head of the buttonprojecting so that the cuff may be readily buttoned in position.

This device is to be secured to the lining of a coat sleeve for thepurpose of holding linen, celluloid or other cuffs, and carries its ownbutton. It may be adjusted to suit any length of cuff, by simplychanging its position on the lining, as by moving it to ahigher or lowerplace in the sleeve.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A cuff holder consisting of a single piece of wire bent to form abodyportion of two member at a which have their central portions bent inopposite directions at 6'1) to form a.

ABRAM ALEXANDER, JR.

Witnesses:

W. W. WHITESELL, J. W. EWING.

